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Rasa (Istria County, Croatia)

Općina Raša

image by Željko Heimer, 27 June 2004

Overview
Ceremonial Flag
Coat of Arms
Coat of Arms at the Designer's poster

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Collection of Croatian Local Flags at FAME

Overview

Raša (Ras<a) is a community in the Istria County. Population about 4,000, some 2,000 in the small town of the same name. It is situated about, half way between Rijeka and Pula, some 30 km northeast of Pula. Raša is often nicknamed the youngest city in Istria, it was built in 1937 as miners' settlement, and mining is still the most important industry there. The symbols were adopted some time in November 2003, according an article in a local newspaper: Kristian Stepcic Reisman: "Opcina Raša dobila novi grb - Rudarska svjetiljka kao putokaz za bolju buducnost", "Ca je novega?" besplatni informativni list, br. 3/03, Holcim, Raša, prosinac 2003, available on line at <www.holcim.com>. It was designed (as it is obvious by the style) by the Rijeka company Heraldik-art d.o.o.
The Coat of Arms of Raša is Azure a miner's lamp or inflamed gules iradiating argent. The flag is dark-blue with the coat of arms bordered yellow. Ratio 1:2. The Ceremonial Flag is a blue gonfalon with triangular fly ending with golden fringe, containing the yellow bordered coat of arms in the middle, the name of the community above and linden and olive branches below.
Željko Heimer,27 June 2004

Coat of Arms and flag were designed by Heraldic Art d.o.o from Rijeka and approved by the Ministry of Administration/Central State Office for Administration before 2006.
Željko Heimer, 23 May 2008

There is an minor difference between the Coat of Arms shown in the above mentioned magazine (showing also pictures the drawings prepared by the designer) and obviously used by the community (see: <www.rasa.hr> ) and the variant shown in the poster by the designer ("Likovna rješenja službenih grbova odobrena od Ministarstva uprave a na temelju pozitivne ocjene od Povjerenstva za odobrenje grba i zastave", poster, 4 str, Heraldic art d.o.o. Rijeka (2006.), see: Coat of Arms at the Designer's poster), presumably showing the official designs.
Anyway, the variant of depiction shows differences in two particular points that are most obvious - the shape of the red flag and the shape of the burner (if that is the name of that part of the lamp) from which it emerges. Namely, in the official design (i.e. the one from the magazine and shown on the web site) the flame top is off centred to sinister, i.e. the flame is not symmetrical along the vertical, while in the poster depiction the flame is symmetrical and the top is not visible behind the central bar of the lamp. The burner part in the official design has obvious notch in the dexter half from which the flame is burning, while the burner in the poster design is a bit higher and has no notches.
Željko Heimer, 24 August 2008

A photo of the mayor in front of the flags is available of the main page of the community web site.
Željko Heimer, 5 September 2009